"prill" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɹɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prill.wav [Southern-England] Forms: prills [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: A variant of purl, 17th century. Etymology templates: {{m|en|purl}} purl Head templates: {{en-noun}} prill (plural prills)
  1. a rill, a small stream
    Sense id: en-prill-en-noun-Mgx7X6Jt
  2. (obsolete) a spinning top Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-prill-en-noun-HkNqfQ0M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /pɹɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prill.wav [Southern-England] Forms: prills [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: Unknown. OED mentions Cornish pryl (“sheep-droppings”) as a likely loan from English. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{cog|kw|pryl||sheep-droppings}} Cornish pryl (“sheep-droppings”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} prill (plural prills)
  1. a pellet, a granule, a small bead Translations (a pellet, a granule): топче (topče) [neuter] (Bulgarian), маниста (manista) [feminine] (Bulgarian), grànul [masculine] (Catalan), perdigó [masculine] (Catalan), гра́нула (gránula) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-prill-en-noun-kwS1916y Disambiguation of 'a pellet, a granule': 86 9 4 2
  2. rich copper ore remaining after removal of low-grade material; a droplet of copper suspended in molten slag
    Sense id: en-prill-en-noun-pyu2pUDz
  3. (mining) A nugget of virgin metal. Categories (topical): Mining Translations (a nugget of virgin metal): palleta [feminine] (Catalan), саморо́док (samoródok) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-prill-en-noun-cyrYdVI6 Topics: business, mining Disambiguation of 'a nugget of virgin metal': 1 2 93 3
  4. The button of metal from an assay.
    Sense id: en-prill-en-noun-DEJtKlUE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /pɹɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prill.wav [Southern-England] Forms: prills [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪl Head templates: {{en-noun}} prill (plural prills)
  1. The brill, a kind of flatfish. Categories (lifeform): Flatfish
    Sense id: en-prill-en-noun-fpAO-8nk Disambiguation of Flatfish: 1 31 1 8 2 1 49 1 1 2 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /pɹɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prill.wav [Southern-England] Forms: prills [present, singular, third-person], prilling [participle, present], prilled [participle, past], prilled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: A variant of purl, 17th century. Etymology templates: {{m|en|purl}} purl Head templates: {{en-verb}} prill (third-person singular simple present prills, present participle prilling, simple past and past participle prilled)
  1. to flow, spurt
    Sense id: en-prill-en-verb-8DdLN8RJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /pɹɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prill.wav [Southern-England] Forms: prills [present, singular, third-person], prilling [participle, present], prilled [participle, past], prilled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: Unknown. OED mentions Cornish pryl (“sheep-droppings”) as a likely loan from English. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{cog|kw|pryl||sheep-droppings}} Cornish pryl (“sheep-droppings”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} prill (third-person singular simple present prills, present participle prilling, simple past and past participle prilled)
  1. to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling Synonyms: pelletize Derived forms: prilling, prill sulfur Translations (to produce pellets): гранули́ровать (granulírovatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-prill-en-verb-jP5F2qrT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /pɹɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prill.wav [Southern-England] Forms: prills [present, singular, third-person], prilling [participle, present], prilled [participle, past], prilled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪl Head templates: {{en-verb}} prill (third-person singular simple present prills, present participle prilling, simple past and past participle prilled)
  1. (intransitive, UK, dialect) To grow sour. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-prill-en-verb---qxMdPX Categories (other): British English
  2. (intransitive, UK, dialect) To become tipsy. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-prill-en-verb-m-vtFR6O Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

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